India Police Seize 100 Human Skulls

Published 12:52 pm, Monday, April 25, 2016

Police arrested a man carrying 100 human skulls in a bag in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Sangey Lama was arrested after police in Siliguri town seized the skulls which he said were to be sold to Buddhist monks for use in religious ceremonies, The Statesman newspaper said. It identified Lama as an Indian tourist but gave no other details.

Siliguri, the state capital, is 280 miles north of Calcutta.

The newspaper said Lama told police he had collected the skulls from neighboring Bihar state and intended to sell them in Sikkim, a Himalayan state with a Buddhist majority.

He reportedly said he was on his way to the bus station when some policemen stopped him for questioning after becoming curious about the bulging bag he carried.